2007-01-20 17:54:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
It isn't. It's a cute accent ~ as long as it's followed by hospitality.
2007-01-20 17:56:48 · answer #1 · answered by ♥michele♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am, admittedly, a person who hates the stereotypical southern man. While I acknowledge that there are plenty of southerners who are fine people, some southerners make my ears bleed.
I tend to dislike a person who has a southern accent, and the sound gets on my nerves. The reason is because the south has come to represent the heart of the conservative right wing movement. And that is ignorant.
If you want to be respected, do stuff worth respecting. Hate other southerners for f*cking it up for you, not everyone else for hating stupidity.
2007-01-21 02:12:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think people are predisposed to think that anyone that speaks with a southern accent is stupid or a redneck. Southerners are stereotyped as beer drinking, Nascar watching, Confederate flag flying, Bush voting people.
Dealing in absolutes with people of any region, race or ethnicity is wrong for that very reason.
2007-01-21 02:05:29 · answer #3 · answered by thinkcwik 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not. Infact in the USA its revered.
The Boston and Jersey accents by comparison are discriminated against.
Or how about the Minnesotan accent?? When was the last time you heard the long O of a minnesotan?
2007-01-21 01:58:53 · answer #4 · answered by special-chemical-x 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Aw, whose discriminating against you, Honey? Not me, my roots are in the South and I think the accent is cute. If the depression hadn't driven my Grandpa North, I'd still be runnin' barefoot over those Appalachians.
2007-01-21 02:23:57 · answer #5 · answered by maybelline512 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because those who do "discriminate" against Southerners are ignorant and obnoxious.
BUT--let them be that way. As long as they think Southerners are backwards, uncultured, and uneducated, they'll stay the hell away. The fewer ignorant pseudo-intellectuals we have "down here" to screw things up and ruin the legendary Southern hospitality and manners, the better. ;-)
2007-01-21 02:07:54 · answer #6 · answered by bc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didnt know it was. I am from Texas living in Delaware and get numerous compliments on my accent. I work in law enforcement and frequently have to speak over the radio. People make comments to me frequently about how the love to hear me on the radio.
2007-01-21 04:26:12 · answer #7 · answered by tmills883 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to know why folks tend to believe southern folks are right-wing-----------I have only lived here in Alabama for two years----was raised as a navy brat and lived all over America------Texas--------Illinois---------Missouri------New Hampshire and now here------actually 98% of folks here in this area are devout democrats---(ouch)---I am "NOT"-----needless to say I do lock horns with the on a frequent and regular basis on issues of traditional values.---I wish they were right wing like me------but sadly they are not------check how the states voted if you want the truth
2007-01-21 02:35:10 · answer #8 · answered by EZMZ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who is discriminating? I find it to be nice.
2007-01-21 02:12:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it isnt! im from wisconsin and i think that southerN accent is SEXYYYY
2007-01-21 01:56:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋